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HomeTiles v0.5.0

This release introduces the new configurable screensaver and refreshes the visual and editing experience across HomeTiles.

Highlights

  • Dedicated screensaver editor with live preview in the web admin
  • JPEG slideshow from /images on microSD, with image selection, ordering, shuffle, global duration, zoom, and focus controls
  • Freely movable and resizable clock with time/date/weekday options, alignment, larger fonts, and text shadow
  • Sensor, Energy, Switch, Scene, and Media tiles in the bottom two screensaver rows
  • Optional tile shadows, subtle borders, and per-tile opacity
  • Automatic screensaver timeout in Settings → Display; Clock tiles still open it immediately
  • Hardware-assisted image preparation across the Waveshare 4B, Waveshare 8-inch, and M5Stack Tab5 profiles
  • New Inter UI font and multiple web-admin usability improvements, including multi-file uploads, live entity refresh, persistent tabs, and improved previews
  • Screensaver-aware import/export with backward compatibility for older backups
  • Aggregated Energy Dashboard values now appear in the web preview
  • Stability improvements for PPA rendering, WiFi/SDIO traffic, MQTT commands, sensor history, energy statistics, and media covers

microSD Setup

Create /images in the root of a FAT32 microSD card and place .jpg or .jpeg files inside. Each file may be up to 8 MB; 1280×800 or 1920×1080 is recommended for fast loading. See the full Screensaver guide.

Compatibility

The release contains firmware builds for all supported HomeTiles devices. Existing tile layouts and older JSON exports remain supported.